1999 Trail Maintenance Workshop offered in Western New Jersey

The annual trail maintenance workshop will be sponsored by the Trail Conference on Saturday, October 2, 1999 at the Cross Estate of the Morristown National Historical Park in Morristown, NJ.

Conference members, members of Conference clubs, and people from nearby communities interested in maintaining hiking trails are welcome to attend. Field work will be done on hiking trails in and around the Jockey Hollow section of the Park.

The day will begin with bagels and coffee at 9:00 a.m. The sessions are slated to begin at 9:30 a.m., and will include classroom lectures and discussion, as well as field work. Take-home materials are included. At 3:00 p.m., all participants will join together for socializing and the chance to sign up for volunteering. Sessions will be held rain or shine. There is public transportation available from Manhattan to Morristown.

This training session teaches basic techniques, maintenance standards and the kind of problems to expect and how to solve them. You should take this class if you are interested in becoming a maintainer or enhancing your skills.

Hiking trails are built with switchbacks, sidehilling, steps and waterbars; erosion repair and stream bridging may also be needed. Workshop participants will restore a section of a trail by constructing these features. If you have wanted to help on a trail crew or do some heavy repairs on a trail, this is the workshop for you.

Advance registration is required, and class size will be limited. To attend the workshop, fill out the coupon below and send it to the Conference office by September 25, 1999. There is a $4.00 per person registration fee. A confirmation packet will be sent to all registrants. Sign-up is first come, first served, and past workshops have been over-subscribed, so send in your registration early!

Dress for outside work in clothes that you don’t mind getting wet, dirty or both; bring lunch, water and any other snacks. Bring appropriate tools, if you have them, for the workshop you plan to attend. Basic maintenance tools are hand clippers, loppers (long-handled branch cutters), and small bowsaws. For the construction/restoration workshop, tools are grubs and pick mattocks, pry bars and shovels.

Registration Form
Western New Jersey Trail Maintenance Workshop
Saturday, October 2, 1999

Please check the session for which you want to register:

[ ] Maintenance "101" [ ] Construction and Restoration

[ ] I have enclosed a check for $______

(___ participants at $4.00 per person), payable to the NY-NJ Trail Conference.

[ ] I will be arriving by train and will need a pick up from the station.

[ ] I have questions and would like someone to call me.

Return to: NY-NJ Trail Conference, Trail Maintenance Workshop, 232 Madison Ave., #802, New York, NY 10016